Everhour adds time, rates, budgets, and alerts to Linear workflows so cycle reviews use tracked hours instead of guesswork.
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Use this page when you need to see what the current Linear cycle is consuming against a planned project budget. The practical outcome is a clean view of the work in that cycle window, the hours already logged, the cost those hours represent, and the budget cap the team is working against before more time is committed.
Treat the cycle as the review period, not the place where the budget lives. Budgets attach to projects, while the cycle gives you a date range for inspecting consumption. That distinction keeps the review clean: Linear stays the system of record for issues, assignees, status, and project context, while time and money are checked against the project budget.
Start with a budget target in hours or money. An hour-based budget fits capacity control, such as limiting a team to 160 hours on a project during the cycle window. A money budget fits cost control, such as reviewing labor spend against a fixed internal cap or client-approved amount.
Rates turn logged time into cost. Use cost rates for internal labor cost, billable rates for client-facing revenue, and per-project overrides when the same person has a different rate on this work. A defensible review separates planned budget, actual logged time, and cost to date so the team sees budget pressure before the cycle closes.
Estimates on Linear issues describe effort or size with team-level scales such as Exponential, Fibonacci, Linear, or T-Shirt. They do not replace tracked time. A cycle can look acceptable by issue progress while consuming more hours than expected, especially when review, support, rework, or coordination time sits across several issues.
Keep estimates on Linear issues separate from clock time. Use Everhour hour-based budgets when the budget is measured in time, then compare actual logged hours over the cycle date range against that project budget. The common mistake is treating completed issue count or effort points as budget consumption. Budget tracking needs time entries tied to the same projects and issues the team is reviewing.
A one-off budget check works for a quick review before planning the next cycle. It is enough when you only need current hours and cost to date for one project. It stops being enough when budget status changes daily, several people log time, or managers need a review trail behind the numbers.
Everhour supports recurring project budgets in hours or money, cost and billable rates, and configurable budget alert thresholds. Teams can log time from embedded Linear controls, then review approved hours before budget reports drive decisions. Budget protection can stop timers or prevent extra logging after a cap is exceeded when the team needs stricter control.
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Set the Linear cycle dates as the review window, then check the connected project budget over that same period. Review planned hours or money, actual logged time, and cost to date. The budget belongs to the project, while the cycle date range gives the team a focused period for decision-making.
Do not treat effort points as clock time unless your team has a documented conversion rule and accepts its limits. Linear estimate scales measure relative effort or size. Budget tracking needs actual hours logged against issues and projects, then rates convert those hours into cost for the cycle review.
Include labor cost from logged hours and cost rates. Include expenses only if the budget rule says expenses count against the fee budget. Keep billable revenue separate from internal cost when the review answers a profitability question, because a project can stay under a client fee and still consume more labor than planned.
Budget alerts should fire before the team loses room to act. Admins set the threshold percentages based on review cadence and risk. A short cycle usually needs earlier notice than a long project phase, because a missed alert near the end gives managers fewer options to reduce scope or shift work.
Late or missing time entries distort the budget picture. A manager can only act while the cycle is active if hours are logged close to the work date. Manual cleanup after the cycle closes may fix the record, but it does not prevent overruns while work is still moving.
Everhour Project Budgeting tracks project budgets in hours or money as people log time and expenses. Admins can set recurring budget periods, choose alert thresholds, and use budget protection to stop timers or prevent extra logging after a project exceeds its cap.
Everhour syncs Linear workspace, project, issue, status, and tag data into reports, then combines logged time with cost and billable rates. Managers can filter reports by date range for the cycle window and review budget metrics alongside project and issue context.
Track approved Linear hours against project budgets, set alert thresholds, and review cost before the cycle closes. Everhour keeps budget decisions tied to real work and reviewed time.
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